4 volumes (of 6). Volumes I-IV. xxiv, 526, lxxiii, [3]; 516, lxvii, [1]; 734, xci, [1]; 576, liv, [1] pp. each with an additional engraved title page; 165 (of 166) engraved folding plates of birds by Martinet. 9¾x7½, leather, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, all edges gilt.

Stunning collection on ornithology, each volume with two title pages, one in French and one in Latin; the volumes are written in both French and Latin in parallel columns.